Chapter 76–Ashton’s POV
I went straight to the office.
I didn’t stop to think. The recording burned in my pocket like a loaded weapon, and I needed to use it before doubt crept back in. Before I started overthinking again. Before Moana could disappear deeper into whatever silence she had wrapped herself in.
She wasn’t at her desk.
That alone made a knot in my chest. I stood there longer than necessary, my eyes scanning the space as if she might suddenly appear if I stared hard enough. She didn’t. Her chair was empty. Her things were still there, untouched, which somehow made it worse.
I turned to her desk mate. “Where’s Moana?”
She looked up, startled. “She went to the rooftop.”
I didn’t say anything else. I just turned and walked away to the rooftop.
I found her sitting alone.
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